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• Braves vs. Dodgers: May 3-5

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Braves will square off with the Dodgers this weekend at Dodger Stadium. The Atlanta Braves will continue their road trip Friday when they begin a three-game series against the NL West leading Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves dropped two of three in Seattle to begin the trip, but are 20-9 on the season and currently hold a half game lead over the Phi...2024
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• Braves News: Dodgers on deck, Jimmy Herget acquisition, and more

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. After a much needed Thursday off, the Atlanta Braves will continue play out West in the form of a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves are coming off a tough series in Seattle, where they dropped two of three games. The offense was quiet for the majority of the series, but n...2024
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• Braves continue road trip with showdown against NL West-leading Dodgers

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The two best teams in the National League meet this weekend for a three-game series at Dodger Stadium After avoiding a sweep in Seattle with a win Wednesday, the Atlanta Braves will continue their road trip Friday with a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It has been an unusual few weeks for the Braves, who have seen their offense sp...2024
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• Prognosticating the rest of the Atlanta Braves 2024 season

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Battery Power Almanac is back to soothsay the balance of the 2024 Atlanta Braves season predicated on the last four decades of “the 4’s”. As the bleeps and blorps of technology send us all careening into the AI embankment, it is time to unplug, power down and pull out the Battery Power Almanac for some fine reading while sipping s...2024
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• NL West Notes: Glasnow, Cobb, Sewald
Dodgers right-hander exited today’s game against the Blue Jays after being visited by the team trainer and manager Dave Roberts following the sixth inning. While the circumstances of Glasnow’s departure were surely concerning for fans in Los Angeles, Glasnow told reporters (including Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register) that he was dealing with cramping…...2024
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• Outside The Confines: One month down

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas to IL; No James Wood yet, Jake Irvin & Nats lose to LA, 11-2...

Notes and quotes from Tuesday night’s game with the Dodgers in Nationals Park... LANE THOMAS TO IL WITH MCL SPRAIN: As of Wednesday morning, Washington’s GM and President of Baseball Ops Mike Rizzo was still hoping for some good news from the MRI on Lane Thomas’s left knee. Thomas slid awkwardly into second base on a stolen base attempt on Tuesday night, then he left the game a few innings later. ...2024
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• NL West Notes: Kelly, Buehler, Cobb
Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly was scratched from his start in San Francisco this afternoon, with Kelly telling Steve Gilbert of MLB.com that he’s suffering from an injury involving his teres major strain. Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic adds that, per manager Torey Lovullo, Kelly has already undergone an MRI and is going to head…...2024
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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 When it comes to making predictions for the coming MLB season, I tend to prefer writing a (very rough) SWOT analysis that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This strikes me as a more nuanced (and slightly different) approach to the topic at hand. So here’s my best ...2024
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• Spring Training Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (15-14) vs. Colorado Rockies (16-11)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Only two games remain on the Cactus League schedule The Milwaukee Brewers are nearly done with their spring training schedule, as they take on the Colorado Rockies this afternoon at 3:10 p.m. The Rockies have the best record in the Cactus League (not including the Dodgers, who had an abbreviated schedule), surely an indicator of their coming success in the NL ...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 24, 2024
Injury News Justin Steele-Cubs-SP Justin Steele left his start on Friday with a left knee contusion. He was on the ground in obvious pain and was helped off the field. This initially looked bad but he was later diagnosed with a left knee contusion and tweeted that he was okay. This was scary for both the Cubs and fantasy owners because Steele was just announced as the Opening Day starter. Stee...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Year eight needs to be great for Freeland

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 22, 2024 This season, the Rockies really need Kyle Freeland. Without Germán Márquez, who isn’t expected back from his Tommy John surgery recovery until at least after the All-Star break, and with an uncertain and unproven rotation, this has to be Freeland’s bounce-back year. As Freeland ent...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Twins needed only 87 wins to take the division title in 2023. The ceiling probably won’t be much higher. In 2023, the AL Central was easily the worst division in baseball. It wasn’t in danger of going full 1994 AL West or anything, but at the All-Star break, the Cleveland Guardians were in first place at a dead-even 45-45. All four...2024
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• State of the Position, 2024: Ownership

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rockies fans usually hear from the owner in the offseason. But is relative radio silence a good or bad thing? It all just has a Sisyphusian feel to it at this point. The Colorado Rockies play their season and finish somewhere between last and almost-last in the division, Dick Monfort sends his letter to fans, while, across town, an...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Is There Anybody Left in Los Angeles Whom Yasiel Puig Hasn't Alienated?
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• Kirk Gibson on His Parkinson's Disease Fight: 'It's Not a Death Sentence'
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"maybe NL West Arizona Diamondbacks: Estimated payroll $129 million."

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"0% according to FanGraphs) but you know they’d love to move up the Wild Card standings by taking the series from the Cubs at Wrigley: FanGraphs NL West Division odds as of 8."

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"LA secures its 10th straight trip to playoffs, eyes NL West title next"

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"Scherzer still needs to waive his no-trade rights, although recent reports suggested he’d be willing to do so to move to one of the NL West contenders."

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"Three NL West organizations are reportedly engaged with the Boston organization on the exceptional right fielder, adding to the intrigue."

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"Bumgarner is leaving San Francisco but staying in the NL West"

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"The longtime Dodgers catcher is returning to the NL West after spending the end of the 2016 campaign with the Phillies and 2017 with…"

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"Erick Aybar and Jose Pirela went deep on Sunday afternoon, sending the Padres to a 6-4 victory, their third over their NL West rivals in two days."

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"Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West"

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"The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20."

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"He was the guts of a team that was a surprise winner in the NL West."

• Braves News: Dodgers on deck, Jimmy Herget acquisition, and more
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• Prognosticating the rest of the Atlanta Braves 2024 season
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Game Thread #15: Milwaukee Brewers (10-4) vs. San Diego Padres (9-9)

Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio | Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Brewers face their first NL West opponent in marquee matchup as they return home The Brewers will return from their lengthy road trip for an exciting matchup against the San Diego Padres. As the teams celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, fans will be treated to a matchup between Joe Ross (1-0, 1.80 ERA) and Joe Musgrove (1-2, 6...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Brewers welcome Friars for three games Coming off consecutive road series victories in Cincinnati and Baltimore, the Milwaukee Brewers (10-4) will return home on Monday to begin a series with the San Diego Padres (8-9, pending Sunday evening’s results). The Padres are in an interesting spot as a franchise. After consecutive years of shocking the baseball wor...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Speak of the Devil

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is your least-favorite NL West team. It’s the start of another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest afterparty for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come join us. Old friends and new friends are welcome. There’s no cover charge this evening. The dress code is casual....2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

What do you all think will happen during the 2024 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the first time, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 28 responses, and here’s what you all think will happen this year: Let’s start with a win total The community is more optimistic, overall, than...2024
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports How many games will the Rockies win in 2024? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Phoenix, AZ as they take on the reigning-NL Champion Arizona Diamondbacks to kick things off. They then head to Chicago for a three-game set against ...2024
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• Jordan Montgomery to Sign With Dodgers’ NL West Rival Diamondbacks: Report

The last major free agent has officially signed. On Tuesday, left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery agreed to a free agent deal with the Dodgers’ NL West rival, the Arizona Diamondbacks, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. BREAKING: Left-handed starter Jordan Montgomery and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a free agent deal, pending physical, a source tells …...2024
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• Braves continue road trip with showdown against NL West-leading Dodgers
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• Prognosticating the rest of the Atlanta Braves 2024 season
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas to IL; No James Wood yet, Jake Irvin & Nats lose to LA, 11-2...
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope
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• MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
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• The 2024 MLB season predictions thread

Photo by George Rose/Getty Images You can’t predict ball! With the baseball season upon us, it’s prediction time! Last week we asked readers to give their predictions on the season, and over 200 of you responded with your selections. Here are the results, plus the selections of our current and former writers. You can also review all of our predictions from last year. Reader vote Royals wi...2024
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• SB Nation Reacts: Voters pick the Cubs to win the NL Central

Getty Images And other results from the latest survey. Many BCB readers have said they think the Cubs should be the favorite to win the NL Central in 2024. I’m among those, largely because the Cubs have improved and the rest of their division rivals have not. The results from the latest SB Nation Reacts survey show that fans across MLB agree with that: Personally, I’m thinki...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 24, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• BCB After Dark: Speak of the Devil
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 9 thread: Tyler Alexander vs. Ryan Feltner

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Rockies will try to capitalize on yesterday’s walk-off Yesterday’s Home Opener was a rollercoaster, but the Colorado Rockies had the last laugh against the Tampa Bay Rays as they won on a walk-off grand slam by Ryan McMahon after surrendering five runs in the top of the ninth to tie it 7-7. With the win, the Rox improved to 18-14 all-time in Home Openers...2024
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• The 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis
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• Padres excite fans before FanFest cancellation

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images A great end to the Seoul Series but a sad announcement from the team earlier today One of the messages going around the Padres fan base following this morning’s 15-11 win over the Dodgers was how great the atmosphere will be now coming up at FanFest this weekend. Well that isn’t happening anymore, as the team has cancelled the event due to expected weather...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Washington Nationals

Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Nationals have an eye on the future, which means all eyes are on the likes of James Wood and Dylan Crews. The Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, had a disastrous title defense in 2020 and promptly went into rebuilding mode. It's now 2024 and they're still in rebuilding mode for the foreseeable future. While baseball ...2024
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• New NL West rivals share surprising bond

When outfielder Jung Hoo Lee's San Francisco Giants face off against reliever Woo Suk Go's San Diego Padres this season, it won't just be a matchup between two of the best Korean players in the world, but a family affair....2024
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• Celebrating the new Golden Age of Atlanta Braves baseball

Winning never gets old, does it? | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images It is a sixth NL East title in a row for the Atlanta Braves. That’s a celebration worth celebrating. The Atlanta Braves have done it again. Again. And again. Then double that. Six-in-a-row. A six pack - and not the kind your drink nor the 1982 movie starring Kenny Rogers. It never gets old, does it? The Braves have won...2023
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• Padres Chairman Peter Seidler: “We’re Not Going To Reverse Course”
Today’s 4-3 loss to the Reds dropped the Padres to 38-46, as the team continued to languish in fourth place in NL West. San Diego is closer to the last-place Rockies than they are to a wild card berth (8.5 games) or the first-place Diamondbacks (11.5 games), and the Padres aren’t exactly gaining momentum, with…...2023
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• Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West
Starting pitcher Bud Norris lasted just one out, but that hardly mattered as an offensive outburst from the Dodgers covered an unexpected bullpen game in an 14-3 victory for Los Angeles on Sunday....2016
• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Shark takes tough-luck loss vs. Maeda, LA
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Zack's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• Greinke's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 24, 2024
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• NL West Notes: Barnes, Tomas, Giants
When Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi isn’t working to get an edge on rival teams, he’s trying to out-maneuver those within the organization in fantasy football, as Andy McCullough writes in a fun piece for the Los Angeles Times. Dodgers players are regretting their decision to allow the executive into the team’s league, it seems, as he…...2018
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Will Padres' Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?
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• Brandon McCarthy to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
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• Braves News: Dodgers on deck, Jimmy Herget acquisition, and more
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• Braves continue road trip with showdown against NL West-leading Dodgers
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• Prognosticating the rest of the Atlanta Braves 2024 season
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Lane Thomas to IL; No James Wood yet, Jake Irvin & Nats lose to LA, 11-2...
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• MLB Roundup: Week 3

The Guardians keep on winning. | Ron Schwane/Getty Images A quick look around baseball to see who’s hot, and who’s not! The Major League baseball season is a six-month grind. Hot starts fade, teams stumble and rebound, and trend lines shift as sample sizes grow and regress to the mean. Yesterday’s big win is followed by a clunker best forgotten. It’s the beauty of everyday baseball. Team...2024
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• Game Thread #15: Milwaukee Brewers (10-4) vs. San Diego Padres (9-9)
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• Will Smith’s “irrelevant” jab can push Padres all season long

Will Smith may have intended it to be towards one player but this can be bigger than that Last night was like a movie. One of the players (Jurickson Profar) on the underdog after a loss gets labeled “kind of irrelevant” by one of the players (Will Smith) on the favorite but gets back up off the mat and ends up being the hero in his team’s series win. MR. IRRELEVANT pic.twitter.com/GM7wIZUe78— T...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres
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• BCB After Dark: Speak of the Devil
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October
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• NL West Notes: McCarthy, Barnhart, Molina, Slater
The Diamondbacks have gotten a lot of trade interest in outfielder Jake McCarthy but Arizona isn’t yet interested in dealing the 26-year-old, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes. This isn’t the first time McCarthy’s name has surfaced in trade rumors, though the buzz quieted after McCarthy turned in a lackluster 2023 season. The outfielder finished fourth…...2024
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• State of the Position, 2024: Ownership
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: San Diego Padres

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports After a supremely disappointing 2023 and an offseason full of cutting salary, the Padres will look to compete in 2024 with a pared-back roster The San Diego Padres entered the 2023 season with championship aspirations and a star-studded roster, but pulled off an epic faceplant and missed the postseason entirely. The offseason has been a sea change both on an...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Colorado Rockies

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images There’s nowhere to go but up for the Rockies, right? Right? Ever since their most recent Postseason appearance in 2018, the Colorado Rockies have had a wretched run of seasons in the aftermath of that Wild Card berth (in which they were swept by the Brewers). Despite the fact that the "game” is inherently "rigged" against the Rockies due to their uniqu...2024
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